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Retirement. Minerva's favourite bird!!!.
1829
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Omega Project
Project Omega was conceived by the Library's Strategic Council - a scoped three year project aimed to facilitate the effective discovery and presentation of our collections, with a focus on the digitization of the Special Collections Graphic Arts backlog in Firestone library.
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
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Metadata
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1829/04/--.
- People
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- Author
- Heath, William, 1795-1840
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—19th century
- Caricature
- Owls—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Anthropomorphism in art
- Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838—Caricatures and cartoons
- Nobility—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Lawyers—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Retirement. Minerva's favourite bird!!!.
- Call Number
- E South 14/GC021/Box 43/Oversize GA 2011.01379
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc1v53k884h
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1829/04/--.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1829
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 33.8 x 24.3 cm [print].
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- References
- British Museum. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, [1978]. No. 15739
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: Caricature portrait. Eldon's head on the body of an owl, gazing out at viewer.
- Signed with image of Paul Pry [male figure with cane], lower left.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—19th century
- Caricature
- Owls—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Anthropomorphism in art
- Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838—Caricatures and cartoons
- Nobility—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Lawyers—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/ed63122b-68fc-4ec7-9e51-19dc480dd6da/manifest